Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051052216
Observation time: 04/15/2005 105.92825 2216 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
105.928247 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
80200.5 ± 80.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
199.260 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
1.692 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-16.200 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0200 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0206 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
9.56, 10.66, 12.51 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:18:49 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:00:15 2013
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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33.664 ± 7.736
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-470.3 ± 5.9 |
-510.1 ± 3.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
2.8 ± 9.7 |
20.2 ± 6.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-37.3 ± 8.6 |
-27.0 ± 2.2 |
| Wi [km/s] |
39.3 ± 2.6 |
40.7 ± 1.3 |
| We [km/s] |
1241.8 ± 81.1 |
1286.7 ± 40.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
1.8 ± 0.1 |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
3.8 ± 0.3 |
2.0 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.0 ± 0.6 |
1.6 ± 0.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.8 ± 0.4 |
-5.2 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.254 ± 0.273
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0.133 ± 0.130
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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50.70 ± 3.31
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52.53 ± 1.64
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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78.29 ± 2.51
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111.81 ± 2.31
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.747 ± 0.089 |
0.090 ± 0.106 |
0.658 ± 0.541 |
41.17 ± 7.68 |
173.12 ± 8.08 |
| VC |
-0.898 ± 0.095 |
0.367 ± 0.204 |
0.244 ± 0.239 |
14.11 ± 11.83 |
157.79 ± 12.95 |
| MX1 |
-0.745 ± 0.102 |
0.085 ± 0.116 |
0.661 ± 0.542 |
41.40 ± 8.78 |
173.51 ± 8.90 |
| MX2 |
-0.770 ± 0.092 |
0.044 ± 0.116 |
0.637 ± 0.532 |
39.57 ± 8.27 |
176.70 ± 8.66 |
| MX3 |
-0.785 ± 0.097 |
0.023 ± 0.139 |
0.619 ± 0.524 |
38.24 ± 8.97 |
178.35 ± 10.12 |
| RH08 |
-0.435 ± 0.011 |
-0.743 ± 0.008 |
-0.508 ± 0.459 |
-30.56 ± 0.74 |
239.67 ± 0.78 |
| RH09 |
-0.435 ± 0.039 |
-0.743 ± 0.032 |
-0.508 ± 0.459 |
-30.56 ± 3.03 |
239.67 ± 2.81 |
| RH10 |
-0.448 ± 0.061 |
-0.736 ± 0.047 |
-0.508 ± 0.459 |
-30.56 ± 4.04 |
238.66 ± 4.51 |
| Average |
-0.658 |
-0.202 |
0.162 |
10.352 |
197.182 |
| Median |
-0.745 |
0.044 |
0.619 |
38.239 |
178.349 |
| Deviation |
0.187 |
0.459 |
0.571 |
35.009 |
35.449 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
10.2 ± 5.0 |
233.6 ± 5.5 |
0.70 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
23.6 ± 7.5 |
313.5 ± 8.1 |
0.70 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
10.4 ± 5.1 |
232.6 ± 5.5 |
0.70 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
11.6 ± 4.9 |
243.8 ± 5.7 |
0.70 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
12.5 ± 4.7 |
251.5 ± 5.9 |
0.70 ± 0.09 |
| RH08 |
83.5 ± 3.0 |
229.7 ± 5.6 |
0.70 ± 0.09 |
| RH09 |
83.5 ± 3.0 |
229.7 ± 5.6 |
0.70 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
84.2 ± 3.0 |
233.9 ± 36.8 |
0.70 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
39.9 |
246.0 |
0.70 |
| Median |
23.6 |
233.9 |
0.70 |
| Deviation |
36.5 |
28.3 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
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Method
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dV
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Slow
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Intermediate
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Fast
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Slow
Mach
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Fast
Mach
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| MC |
-93.5 ± 2.0 |
49.3 ± 3.1 |
77.1 ± 2.5 |
79.2 ± 2.3 |
-1.90 ± 0.14 |
-1.18 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
-100.7 ± 5.2 |
44.3 ± 2.5 |
71.8 ± 2.3 |
82.1 ± 1.9 |
-2.28 ± 0.15 |
-1.23 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
-93.5 ± 2.0 |
49.3 ± 3.1 |
77.0 ± 2.5 |
79.2 ± 2.3 |
-1.90 ± 0.14 |
-1.18 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
-94.5 ± 2.1 |
49.0 ± 3.0 |
76.7 ± 2.5 |
79.4 ± 2.3 |
-1.94 ± 0.13 |
-1.19 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
-94.7 ± 2.1 |
48.7 ± 3.0 |
76.4 ± 2.5 |
79.6 ± 2.3 |
-1.95 ± 0.13 |
-1.19 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
8.2 ± 7.5 |
4.8 ± 0.2 |
8.8 ± 0.3 |
93.2 ± 1.4 |
1.78 ± 1.71 |
0.09 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
8.2 ± 7.5 |
4.8 ± 0.2 |
8.8 ± 0.3 |
93.2 ± 1.4 |
1.78 ± 1.71 |
0.09 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
6.4 ± 7.5 |
4.3 ± 0.2 |
7.9 ± 0.3 |
93.2 ± 1.4 |
1.56 ± 1.89 |
0.07 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
-56.7 |
31.8 |
50.6 |
84.9 |
-0.6 |
-0.7 |
| Median |
-93.5 |
48.7 |
76.4 |
82.1 |
-1.9 |
-1.2 |
| Deviation |
53.4 |
22.6 |
34.9 |
7.0 |
1.9 |
0.7 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
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dV
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Slow
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Intermediate
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Fast
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Slow
Mach
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Fast
Mach
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| MC |
-131.7 ± 3.9 |
51.5 ± 1.6 |
110.1 ± 2.3 |
112.3 ± 2.3 |
-2.56 ± 0.14 |
-1.17 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
-145.4 ± 4.8 |
47.1 ± 1.4 |
102.5 ± 2.1 |
114.2 ± 2.2 |
-3.09 ± 0.17 |
-1.27 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
-131.5 ± 3.9 |
51.4 ± 1.6 |
110.0 ± 2.3 |
112.3 ± 2.3 |
-2.56 ± 0.14 |
-1.17 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
-132.5 ± 3.8 |
51.2 ± 1.6 |
109.5 ± 2.3 |
112.4 ± 2.3 |
-2.59 ± 0.14 |
-1.18 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
-132.8 ± 3.8 |
51.0 ± 1.6 |
109.2 ± 2.3 |
112.5 ± 2.3 |
-2.61 ± 0.14 |
-1.18 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
9.1 ± 5.0 |
5.3 ± 0.1 |
12.6 ± 0.3 |
123.4 ± 2.1 |
1.71 ± 0.94 |
0.07 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
9.1 ± 5.0 |
5.3 ± 0.1 |
12.6 ± 0.3 |
123.4 ± 2.1 |
1.71 ± 0.94 |
0.07 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
6.6 ± 4.9 |
4.8 ± 0.1 |
11.3 ± 0.2 |
123.5 ± 2.1 |
1.39 ± 1.04 |
0.05 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-81.1 |
33.5 |
72.2 |
116.8 |
-1.1 |
-0.7 |
| Median |
-131.5 |
51.0 |
109.2 |
114.2 |
-2.6 |
-1.2 |
| Deviation |
74.2 |
23.5 |
49.8 |
5.6 |
2.2 |
0.7 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
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Key plasma parameters
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Velocity
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Magnetic Field
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Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
Shock
Speed (About, Top)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
Mach Numbers (About, Top)
Page updated Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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